Mark 4:18b-19: "There are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and THE DESIRE FOR OTHER THINGS enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful."
"The desire for other things..." Wow, what a strong phrase! Jesus says one of our strongest and most destructive enemies is our own desire for other things. What happens when you have a desire for something? You go get it. You consume it. You allow it to fill your time, calendar, and life. And the result? There is less and less room for God. You become too full for anything else.
Fasting helps us to remove the secondary desires of life to make room for the primary desire we were created to crave and seek.
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